Fim do muxuapo e aparente tranquilidade: uma análise de segurança pública no Porto de Maputo

Abstract

1.489 / 5.000 This study aims to understand the paradigm of the security teams' actions in the context of the Port of Maputo, taking into account the structural development that is taking place in that public enterprise. Given its extensive area, approximately 4km2, guarded by several private security companies and by branches of the Defence and Security Forces (military and the Police of the Republic of Mozambique), the aim is to understand to what extent they are in line with the changes in the location of their operations, taking into account the current flow of people and goods. Before being granted a concession to the Companhia do Desenvolvimento do Porto de Maputo (MPDC), before 2003, the Port of Maputo's basically state-owned security structure was challenged to guarantee the security of a huge port complex with scarce resources (material and human). With the concession of the Port of Maputo, changes were made in terms of structures and internal rules, the storage of food products was abolished, control of the entry and exit of people and goods was introduced, and several private security companies were hired for the various companies that provide services there, which led to the end of "muxuapo" (an expression used to designate products obtained through theft, particularly food products), which led to a supposed peace of mind among security agents and the emergence of new types of crime that require a new approach to their prevention.